The Romanian National Film Center has announced the winners of its sole call for production support in 2017. The annual total of €10.7 million was handed to 17 fiction feature films, ten fiction feature debuts, five fiction features expected to celebrate Romania's Great Union centenary, 15 documentaries and seven animations.

The Wallonia-Brussels Federation’s Film and Audiovisual Centre (CCA) supports the writing, development or production of 17 features, seven shorts, 14 documentaries and four experimental films . Among them are:

SPIRAL shooting now

LA FRONTIÈRE by Frédéric Fonteyne, producer: EAVE graduate Jaques-Henri Bronckart is in production. The film tells the story of three women during a scorching hot summer in the north of France and Belgium. Axelle, Conso and Dominic have nothing in common except that they are colleagues and that together, every day, they cross a border. On one side of the border, in Roubaix, they live dignified lives, while on the other side, in Belgium, they prostitute themselves. It's their little secret, their double life. At the end of summer, when a storm finally descends, these three women will enter into solidarity, as one might join the resistance. They will share a new secret that will bind them together forever. Produced by Versus Production and co-produced by Les Films du Poisson in France and Prime Time in Flanders, with support from the CCA, VAF, MEDIA, and the Grand Est region, the film is shot in Brussels and Metz.

SPIRAL by Cecilia Felmeri, co-producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu is in production. The story, written by the director herself, is in the vein of a psychological drama, with a triangular plot involving a man and two women on the edge of a lake. It digs into the themes of letting go, the repetitive aspects of relationships and how difficult it is to change. Produced by Andras Muhi and Monika Mecs for Inforg - M&M Film, Gabor Ferenczy for Spiral Film and co-produced by Oana Giurgiu for Romanian outfit Hai-Hui Entertainment receives support from the Hungarian Film Fund, the Romanian National Film Center and Eurimages. The shoot is taking place between May 2018 and February 2019 in Sződliget, with György Reder serving as DoP.

THE SUMMER HOUSE now in post-production

THE SUMMER HOUSE by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, producer: EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman is in post-production. A large and beautiful property on the French Riviera. A place that seems out of time and sheltered from the rest of the world. Anna goes there with her daughter for a few days of vacation. Amidst her family, friends and the house staff, Anna has to handle her fresh break-up with her partner and the writing of her next film. Supprot comes from: Canal+ (FR), Ciné+ (FR), France Télévisions (FR), RAI (IT), CNC (FR)

LADY WINSLEY by Hiner Saleem, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jacques-Olivier Bronckart is in post-production. Written by the director and Véronique Wüthrich, in conjunction with Thomas Bidegain, the story kicks off when American novelist Lady Winsley is murdered in the small Turkish seaside town of Yeniköy. The renowned Inspector Fergün arrives from Istanbul to head up the inquiry. With the help of beautiful hostel manageress Azra, he must then seek to unearth the well-guarded secrets in this tiny corner of the country where taboos are plentiful, family ties are close, traditions are passed down from generation to generation, and the ethnic diversity is broader than the population’s minds. Produced by Marc Bordure and Robert Guédiguian for Agat Films & Cie, LADY WINSLEY is being co-produced by Turkish outfit Istanbul Film Production and Belgium’s Versus Production. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature is also backed by Eurimages. The 36-day shoot will take place entirely in Turkey.

10 Awards for EAVE grads in Cannes

Success for EAVE graduates at the official sections of the Cannes Film Festival: EAVE graduates win three awards in competition and six prizes in Un Certain Regard as well as the Leica Cine Discovery Prize and the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award

3 DAYS IN QUIBERON by Emily Atef, producer: EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter, co-producers: EAVE graduates Undine Filter and EAVE group leader Danny Krausz scooped seven Lolas at the German Film Awards. The film won the Golden Lola for Best Film, Best Director, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Music

SMUGGLING HENDRIX by Marios Piperides, producer: EAVE graduate Marios Piperides won the Best International Narrative Feature Award at Tribeca FF.

THE SAINT BERNARD SYNDICATE by Mads Brügger, producer: EAVE graduate Nina Bisgaard was awarded Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature Film (Rasmus Bruun) and Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film

THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Mila Turajlic, producer: EAVE graduate Carine Chichkowsky was awarded Best Cinematography in a documentary film at the South East European Film Festival, SEEfest LA, Los Angeles.

THE MINER by Hanna Slak, producer: EAVE graduate Sinisa Juricic won Best Cinematography in a feature film.

WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN by Adrian Silisteanu, producer: EAVE graduate Anamaria Antoci won Best Short fiction.

LITTLE HARBOUR by Iveta Grofova, producers: EAVE graduates Katarina Krnacova, Jiri Konecny won the Student Jury Award for the best feature live action or animated film at the Finale Plzen National Festival of Czech Films.

THE PRINCE AND THE DYBBUK by Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, co-producer: EAVE graduate Ann Carolin Renninger won the Chopin’s Nose Award for the Best Music and Art Feature at the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival.

STYX by Wolfgang Fischer, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu won the top award, the Flying Ox, at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The film also won Best Score and the Audience Award.

ÁGA by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE graduate Guillaume de Seille, won the Best Director Award

EAVE Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo has hostd a breakfast table at the Producers Network on May 11, 2018 from 9:00-11:00 to present EAVE’s European and international workshop programmes.

EAVE graduates participating in the Cannes Producers Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network! In the framework of this partnership, 9 EAVE graduates have been selected for the Cannes Producers Network 2018:

MEET EAVE IN JUNE!

PUENTES Italia - Call for Italian Producers

On the occasion of Italy's recent accession to the IBERMEDIA program, EAVE Puentes, the main co-production workshop between Europe and Latin America, is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with MiBACT, Italian Film Commissions and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund.

Within the first European session of the workshop, taking place in Trieste, Italy, during July 9-13, EAVE will organize for the first time PUENTES ITALIA, a special program dedicated to Italian producers interested in deepening their knowledge on co-producing with Latin America.

Upcoming deadlines

connecting cottbus 2018 Call for Submissions

Deadline: July 18

The East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus has announced a call for submission to its 20th anniversary edition, taking place 8 and 9 November 2018 under the management of new director Marjorie Bendeck.

Feature film projects in development that either originate in Eastern Europe or are suitable for East-West coproduction are eligible to apply by 18 July. Feature films in production or post-production are eligible to apply for the Works in Progress section by 22 August. Ten pitch projects and five works in progress will be announced in September.

Submissions for connecting cottbus East-West co-production market at the FilmFestival Cottbus are now open.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, connecting cottbus is well established as a key networking event for film professionals active in East-West European co-production. This year coco also welcomes Marjorie Bendeck as the market's new director; she looks forward to presenting an exciting selection of projects.

Producers can submit feature film projects in development (fiction only) for the coco Pitch section until 18 July 2018, projects in production or post-production for coco Work in Progress until 22 August 2018. To be eligible, projects have to either originate in or relate to Eastern Europe, or be suited for East-West co-production. Selections for coco Pitch and Work in Progress will be announced in early September.

Producers, sales agents, commissioning editors and other industry representatives can apply without a project by 5 October 2018.

Ten pitch projects and five works in progress will be selected and presented at connecting cottbus on 8-9 November 2018. These will compete for a variety of sponsored awards, including the coco Best Pitch Award and Midpoint Scholarship Award. Further details on awards and sponsors will be announced in early June.

DOK Co-Pro Market 2018: Call for Submissions

The deadline for project submission is August 1, 2018

Submissions are now open for the 14th DOK Co-Pro Market! The DOK Co-Pro Market will take place 29 & 30 October 2018. We schedule 800 curated individual meetings with possible co-producers, co-financiers, broadcasters and other professionals in order to finance new ambitious creative documentaries.

What we are looking for at a glance:

- Particularly for feature-length documentaries for theatrical release, although animated documentaries (longer than 52 minutes), TV series or one-offs and interactive projects are also welcome to apply

- Universal and extraordinary themes, stories and visual approach justifying the international co-financing

- Projects should be in development or very early stages of production, have some visual materials to show and in the best case some financing already attached

The submission deadline is June 15, 2018 The Junior Co-production Market is an integrated two-day co-production market that enables financiers, broadcasters and producers to assess new and innovative children's projects across the film and television sectors.

The integrated market reflects the high degree of interactivity and potential for cross-financing across these sectors. All the projects will be presented within a unique and nurturing environment designed to encourage international cooperation. The market starts with a public pitch of all the projects followed by one and a half days of one-on-one meetings.

Call for projects:

Submissions can be feature length film projects or TV projects, and can either be fiction, documentary, animation and live-action as cross-over projects for an audience of 3-14 years old.

Submitted projects need to have 10% of the financing in place, and a confirmed production company in the country of origin. A draft of the script must be available upon request.

The upcoming Junior Co-production Market will take place on 25 and 26 October 2018 in Amsterdam.

MEDIMED – SITGES, 11-18 OCTOBER 2018

THE EUROMED DOCS MARKET

CALL for ENTRIES of projects & productions for PITCHING & SCREENINGS

ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF BOTH PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS: JUNE 30

The Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market & Pitching Forum will be held 11-14 October 2018. On its 19th edition MEDIMED will offer a complete roster of networking opportunities, industry conference sessions and market events and services, coupled with the finest in contemporary documentaries from the European Union and the Southern Mediterranean countries.

MEDIMED is calling for entries of new documentary projects-in-development having in place a minimum of 25% of their budget and/or a broadcast guarantee or a co-production agreement. We are looking for European and Southern Mediterranean producers and filmmakers that can provide independently produced documentaries, projects engaging in creative risks, advancing issues and presenting points of views not often seen on television. Selected projects will be pitched at the central Pitching Forum moderated by John Marshall or at the newly designed ANTI-pitch program in case they are in a final production stage.

The goal is to help documentary projects that are in an early or rough-cut stage, to find the financial and production means and the editorial storytelling line to complete the project.

We are also looking for finished European documentary productions of any genre produced in 2017 or 2018.

The deadline for the submission of both programmes and projects is due JUNE 30. They can be registered free of charge and are subject to selection by an international jury.

Rome has become a reference point where filmmakers and producers find an ideal platform for presenting their new feature film projects and connect with key players in the international film industry.More than 50% of the projects selected over the past editions have completed fundingand have become award-winning, internationally recognized films. Among them, to quote only a few titles: LITTLE CRUSADER by Vaclav Kadrnka (Karlovy Vary 2017, awarded); OUT by Gyorgy Kristof and MOBILE HOMES by Vladimir de Fontenay (both at Cannes 2017 respectively in Un Certain Regard and Semaine de la Critique); THE PARTY by Sally Potter (Berlinale 2017).

The MIA|Cinema Coproduction Market is honored to present once again the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award: an International Jury will assign the Award, a cash prize of 20.000 Euros for the development of the best feature film project that fulfills the criteria of collaboration and co-production that inspire Eurimages.

This year we are also proud to present the ARTE International Prize, a development award of 6.000 Euros.

FIDLAB / EAVE Call for Producers 2018

Dear EAVE producers,

FIDLAB and EAVE gladly invite you to apply to attend FIDLab 10th edition on July 12th & 13th , during the 29 edition of FIDMarseille (July 10th - 16th), and discover 12 brand new film projects at all stages of development.

Within the context of our partnership with EAVE, FIDLab will select 2 producers to participate in the 2018 edition, in order to attend the project presentations, participate in one-to-one meetings with their producers and directors and take part in the networking moments. This invitation will include 3 nights of hotel accommodation and an industry accreditation for the festival.

In order to apply, please send, before June 11th, your CV and a short letter of motivation to the following address : fidlab@fidmarseille.org

FIDLab is an international coproduction platform setting up meetings between projects and possible co-producers, distributors, representatives of international cinema funds, sales agents, curators, programmers and other potential financial partners. FIDLab offers a dynamic and active work environment, where artistic and economic joint ventures are created.

For the call for entries 2018, 12 projects were selected from more than 320 applications from 63 countries. In the past 9 editions FIDLab has selected 102 projects and more than 63% are now completed films with a rich and diverse visibility and success. Since our last edition for example, Braguino by Clément Cogitore (FIDLab 2016) won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award at San Sebastian Film Festival; Le Fort des Fous by Narimane Mari (FIDLab 2014) made its Premiere at the Locarno Festival, just as Ouroboros by Basma Alsharif (FIDLab 2016); Bitter Money by Wang Bing (FIDLab 2014) which won the Orizzonti Prize for Best Screenplay in Venice Film Festival, was released in theatres in France on December 2017.

FIDLab lasts for two days: visual and oral presentations are followed by one-to-one meetings. FIDLab has the same criteria as FIDMarseille: it has no restriction of genre, length or format, and gives a particular attention to those films that cross the boundaries between fiction and documentary.

We are pleased to welcome you in Marseille to discover the new selection!

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – CALL FOR CANADIAN PRODUCERS

Dear EAVE Producer,

Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to have Canada as its country focus for 2018.

In conjunction with the public film programme, the EIFF Industry programme is seeking Canadian producers who are interested in taking part in a series of networking meetings with UK producers to help support new connections and possible future collaborations.

EIFF would like to invite seven Canadian producers to come to Edinburgh and take part in these meetings with their UK counterparts along with the opportunity to meet public funding representatives.

Also available will be the opportunity to meet some key players from the Scottish and UK film industries. In addition to travel and accommodation, included in the package will be a complimentary EIFF Industry pass, an exclusive networking lunch and a drinks reception co-hosted by Telefilm and EIFF.

The Canadian / UK Industry Focus will take place on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 June, and EIFF is offering participants three nights’ accommodation and return flights from Canada, in addition to the EIFF Industry Pass.

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – CALL FOR UK PRODUCERS

Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to have Canada as its country focus for 2018.

In conjunction with the public film programme, the EIFF Industry programme is inviting UK producers who are interested in taking part in a series of networking meetings with Canadian producers to help support new connections and possible future collaborations.

The Festival invites seven UK producers to come to Edinburgh and take part in these meetings with their Canadian counterparts along with the opportunity to meet public funding representatives. Also available will be the opportunity to meet some key players from the Scottish and Canadian film industries. Also included will be a complimentary EIFF Industry pass, a Canadian networking lunch and a drinks reception co-hosted by Telefilm and EIFF.

The Canadian / UK Industry Focus will take place on Tuesday 26 June, and it is offered to the participants two nights’ accommodation and return travel, in addition to the EIFF Industry Pass.

LAST DAYS TO APPLY! TRANSILVANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – FOR EAVE PRODUCERS

Transilvania International Film Festival prepares a new edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), the co-production platform for projects in development and financing stage, coming from 1st and 2nd time directors from countries around Romania and the Black Sea (Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Greece, Turkey and Georgia), back to back with a film development workshop aiming to discover and support upcoming directors from Romania and Moldova. More, for the second year, the Festival will host the presentation of projects hand-picked by our partner program LIM - Less is More, the European platform for project development of limited budget feature films initiated by Le Groupe Ouest. Transilvania IFF aims to facilitate the international visibility of the projects presented publicly on June 1st & 2nd, and to establish the right connections to ensure financing through organized sessions of one-to-one meetings. The Festival offers also the possibility to meet industry professionals through several networking opportunities, attend panel discussions and enjoy some of the latest Romanian productions. Thanks to the partnership between EAVE and Transilvania IFF, 5 EAVE producers who are interested to attend the industry events in Transilvania IFF will receive free accreditation and will be offered 3 nights of accommodation between the 31st of May and 3rd of June. If you are interested, please contact tina@eave.org by May 13th, 2018.

EAVE in Cannes 2018

EAVE is happy to announce the selection of 24 films in the OFFICIAL & SIDEBAR SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL, 3 projects at CINÉFONDATION ATELIER, 2 CINÉFONDATION RESIDENCE, 3 at LA FABRIQUE CINÉMA, 2 at ACID, 9 out of 20 PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE and over 60 EAVE PRODUCERS at the PRODUCERS NETWORK!

EAVE @ PRODUCERS NETWORK

EAVE Programme Manager Europe Satu Elo will host a breakfast table at the Producers Network on May 11, 2018 from 9:00-11:00 to present EAVE’s European and international workshop programmes.

EAVE graduates participating in the Cannes Producers Network EAVE is proud to be partner of the Cannes Producers Network! In the framework of this partnership, 9 EAVE graduates have been selected for the Cannes Producers Network 2018:

EAVE TEAM AT THE EUROPEAN PAVILION

CANNES SHOWCASE@Creative Europe Pavillon on May 11 from 9:30-10:00

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ASIA, EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA IN LESS THAN 30’

A practical list of things you will never forget if you want to co-produce and distribute your films all over the world.

Speakers:

PUENTES

Jean des Forêts (Head of Studies PUENTES, producer France)

Giancarlo Nasi (PUENTES alumni, producer Chile)

TIES THAT BIND

Christophe Bruncher (Head of Studies TIES THAT BIND, producer France)

LIANG Ying (Ties That Bind alumna, producer China)

EAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH SHOOT THE BOOK

An EAVE masterclass will be held at the Shoot the book! Day, organized by the Institut français and the SCELF (Civil Society of French Language Publishers), on Monday, May 14th, from 14:30 to 16:30. The masterclass will be held by EAVE legal expert Pierre-Emmanuel Mouthuy together with French publisher Frédérique Massart (Gallimard).

EAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH LA FABRIQUE CINEMA

Friday May 11 at 15:00 @ the Luxembourg pavilion

The Film Fund Luxembourg and EAVE will present the CINEWORLD funding scheme and the EAVE training programmes during an event organized in the framework of EAVE`s partnership with LA FABRIQUE CINEMA. In addition, EAVE producers will be meeting the project delegation in pre-scheduled 1-2-1 meetings. Please note that this is a closed event.

Last days to apply: Galway Film Fair - Call for Applications

Dear EAVE producers,

The successful EAVE partnership with Galway Film Fair continues!

Up to 6 EAVE producers from outside of Ireland and UK will be selected for the Galway Film Fair 2018. Priority will be given to low production capacity countries (European countries other than France, Germany, Italy, Spain).

Our partner will cover the cost of accommodation for 3 nights each and waive the entry fee for the Marketplace at the Galway Film Fair.

The projects can be in development or completed documentaries or fiction.

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Its goal is to enable one producer from outside the EU to participate in all three sessions of the EAVE Producers Workshop each year.